why is the cast of the Scions so...elvish now.

[AmpelioB]

like, c'mon I won't complain about alisaie and alphinaud because they are siblings but then there's urianger and estinien too, thats quite too much for me.
and almost 10 years of ARR the only roegadyn to ever join the main cast literally died on the same "episode"

[Wanzzo]

like, c'mon I won't complain about alisaie and alphinaud because they are siblings but then there's urianger and estinien too, thats quite too much for me.
and almost 10 years of ARR the only roegadyn to ever join the main cast literally died on the same "episode"

they are elvish 'cause they like to shake, baby



But, for real, I don't know. The white hair of almost all of them bothers me more than that, tbh... '-'
We have tons of options for hair colors, they should visit the aesthetician more often u.u

[kpxmanifesto]

they are elvish 'cause they like to shake, baby

“Some people tap their feet, some people snap their fingers, and some people sway back and forth. I just sorta do ‘em all together, I guess.” - Elvish

[ThaCa]

they are elvish 'cause they like to shake, baby

But, for real, I don't know. The white hair of almost all of them bothers me more than that, tbo... '-'
We have tons of options for hair colors, they should visit the aesthetician more often u.u

I think they mentioned that a lot of it is due 1.0 as plenty of the characters got already introduced there and ended up having the white hair for some reason. Hopefully they will give us a bit more variety in the future.

[GrizzlyTank]

I think they mentioned that a lot of it is due 1.0 as plenty of the characters got already introduced there and ended up having the white hair for some reason. Hopefully they will give us a bit more variety in the future.

Clearly it's because the art director has a fetish for white hair.

[Misplaced_Marbles]

But, for real, I don't know. The white hair of almost all of them bothers me more than that, tbo... '-'
We have tons of options for hair colors, they should visit the aesthetician more often u.u

Maybe they all have white hair because all the pitiable attempts at actual color look terrible? Yes, I want red hair that's RED.

[Wanzzo]

Maybe they all have white hair because all the pitiable attempts at actual color look terrible? Yes, I want red hair that's RED.

this is sooo true!

We can find only real red in one single color for highlights and not in all hairstyles... =/
I really miss red too :'(

[Kolsykol]

I think it's moreso that the Scions cast haven't rly changed since ARR, Estinien is the exception to this but he's from Ishgard so it makes sense he's Elezen.

That said I'd like to see some more characters of the different races.
At the same time tho I'd also like to see an aged up Ryne join us lol, I think Alphinaud and Alisaie could be aged up a bit too.

Maybe they all have white hair because all the pitiable attempts at actual color look terrible? Yes, I want red hair that's RED.

I managed to create red hair on Highlander that looked rly good imo.



It seems to be harder on some races tho like Elezen and Roegadyn, their haircolors seem to be more washed out.
I wish we had a slider for colors with the whole spectrum.

Elezen are the 2nd most common race from Eorzea after Hyur so it's pretty natural they'd have a high presence. No one complained about or noticed Minfilia, Thancred, and Lyse all being Hyur. Alphinaud and Alisae are Elezen because their grandfather, Louisoix was an Elezen and they wanted to make new characters who connected to the old story. Estinien started as an edgy 1.0 job quest character and somehow got promoted over time from that to MSQ party member and then eventually Scion by virtue of happening to be an existing character with an existing story relating to the Dragonsong War and then after that, having been a prominent and popular character before so they brought him around again. Urianger... I pretend doesn't exist.

The white hair can probably be explained by standard JRPG tropes and the fact that the Scions came from the artist Akihiko Yoshida, who also gave us characters like 2B, 9S, and A2. I think Yoshi-P recognized the white hair being prevalent in an interview.

It's funny tho how common Elezen are meant to be and how rare they are with the players lol, and also how much more common Viera are than they are meant to be canonically.
I wonder if the white or blonde hair may have had a reason originally tho, maybe it was intended to be some kind of a sign that someone had been chosen by Hydaelyn or something but it was scrapped.

[Amariel34]

I managed to create red hair on Highlander that looked rly good imo.

Not gonna lie, she looks really good. Looks familiar yet I can't place from where. You did really good with her though. Makes me want to make another alt. (Sadly not really. I'm not THAT insane yet.)